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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-27
PEDRO GETS THERE,
A Little Picnic in the New Mexio 0
Legislature.

SANTA FE, n. NJ, January 26.-At
yesterday afternoons session of the
legislature, a. Gusdorf, member for
Taos County, was unseated and Hon.
Pedro Sanchez was sworn in to take his
place. This action was the result of q
report by the, committee on privileges
and elections to the effect that Sanchez
and his friends had been intimidated at
the election nolls by the hirelings of
Gusdorf. The report stated that the
contestant Sanchez had been defeated
for the Office by Democratic fraud and
intimidaUion that Gusdorf had em=
plOyed armed men to
ENTER SANCHEZ HOME
and destroy his property, and repre-
sented that the majority of sixty
three votes thus secured by Gusdorf
alone gave him the color of title to the
office. a great deal of suppressed ex-
element followed the report of the
committee, and when it came to vote
upon the adoption of it. all the Demo-
cratic mem bers of the Senate left their
seats, thus leaving the Republican
Senator'S without quorum, one men,
Der being absent on sick leave. The
sergeant-at-arms, however, brought
back Senator Romero and Sanchez was
then sworn in by the President of the
Senate, the Secretary of the Territory
being present, but refusing to admin
lister the oath of Office.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-27
PACKED WITH THOSE UNFRIENpLY

to our just cause, and hence we deemed
it best to report back to our fellow
Pensioners by means OF printed ad-
dress. Then follows the list of names
OF the McGlynn fund trustees, and
how and where to Contribute to the
fund. The report closes as follows !:
In conclusion we expeet.gou to main
tain the dignifed undetermined stand
resolved upon at our first meeting
and adhere to the llresolutions.n These
resolutions were to the effect that no
centribu tons in support of the parish
would be made during the absence from
1t OF DIR. McGlynnTraI ii IT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-27

Probably 800 or 1000 will be permitted
TO look after the property of the river
front and do such work as is absolutely
necessary. The district assembly asked
that all of the II, 600 men should remain
attheir homes until the evening, when as
many as.felt disposed might attend the
meeting in Cooper Union. The statis-
tician added that the request of the ex-
ecutiye committee would be rigidly
oteyed. The men had been counselled
and would surely refrain from the use
of violence.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
Number Of Jews in the World.

Concerning the figures of the entire
Jewish population on the globe there is
a difference OF opinion among the statis-
ticians; but the 'Hebrew Annual de
clares that France contains 600. 600; Ger
many, 562, 900, Of whom 80, coo inhabit
Alsaee and Lorraine; Austria Hungary.
l,644, 600, Of whom G98, coo are in Gal
icia and 638, 900 in Hungary; Italy, 40
600; Netherlands, 81, 0G0; Roumania, 265-
600: Russia, 1852, 600 CRussian Poland,
1853, 600; Turkey, los, 900; Belgium, g.
GOO; Bulgaria, 10, 900; Switzerland, 1000;
Denmark, 1000; Spain, 1900; Gibraltar
1900; Greece, 5000; Servia, $500; Swed-
en-, 5000.
In Asia there are 800, ZOO of the race;
Turkey in Asia has $4,000 of whom
5000 are in Palestine, 1900 are in
Russian Asia, $4,000 in Persia, Il, 900 in
Central Asia, 800 in India, and 1000
in China. In Africa, 5000 Jews live in
Egypt, 80, 600 in Tunisia, So, coo in Al.
geria, $4,000 in Morocco, COCO in Trip.
oils, 200, COO in Abyssinia.
America counts $500 among her
citizens, and 0,000 more are distributed
in other sections of the transatlantic
continent; while only $4,000 are scat
tered through Oceanica. In short, the
entire total of the Hebrew race on the
sglface of the globe is estimated ut
{, 800, 0GO, ST. Jagles's GGsette.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
SELECT SIFTINGS.

According to an English botanist, Fl.
ELVES, there are seyenty-one species OF
lilies known.
The invention of the moving machine
dates back to 1881, when the Manning
mower was perfected.
In 1852 there were 264 postoffices in
the United States To-day there are 50,
600, with an annual revenue of $50, 000,
600.
According to the Austrian Consul at
Yokohama, the earthquakes of Japan de-
stroy city every seven years on the
average.
At the depth of 700 feet in the ocean
the light ceases altogether, one half Of
the light being absorbed in passing
through only seven feet of the purest
water.
"Potable gold'' was liquor which the
ancients never tired of trying to make,
and which they thought would preserve
health and youth and heal all diseases.
1t was distilled with lemons, honey, spirit
and salt.
Friction matches were invented by
John Walker an English chemist, in
1929, and they began to find their way
into the United States two or three years
later. Alonzo D. Stephens, of Spring
field, in 1886, waskth first to secure a
patent in this country.
The first asylum for idiots in this coun,
try was established in wing of the
Perkins Institution, Boston, in 1S48
New York followed with a similar asylum
in 1851. The first insane asylum in the
country was established at Williamsburg,
Va, in 1878; the second at Somerville,
Mass, in 1918.
Families living in the country have
eight per cent. more children than in
towns. Old families have marked ten
dency to die out In England, Italy and
Prussia, probably because of intermar-
rage of cousins. Among Jews there are
116 males born for 100 females. After a
destructive war the birth of males pre-
dominates in a surprising manner.
In a recent lecture Sir William Thomp,
son concluded that in the light of recent
calculation, and taking into account all
possibilities of greater density in the SUMS
interior, and of greater and less activity
of radiation in past ages, sit would be
rash to assume as probable anything more
than 90, 600, 600 years of the suns light
in the past history of the earth, or to
reckon on more than five or six million
years of sunlight for the future"
An Eastern man has discovered pro-
cess by the addition of other cheap ingre-
dients of melting ordinary flint stone at a
low temperature, This discovery has
been covered by patents, and is in the
hands of an Eastern syndicate. The pro-
cess produces a beautiful marble-like
composition, and will be used for making
encaustic thing, laundry and bath tubs,
and in the production of works of
art. Its wonderful cheapness will enable
its introduction below the cost of any
thing of the kind in the market 1t has
been found to be superior to either glass
or rubber as an electrical non-conductor,
and its use in this direction bids fair to
be large,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
THE JEWS OF RUSSIA.
A People That We Know Little Of

When a Russian sees three men with
gaunt faces, long priestly coats dang
ling at their heels, and lock of hair
hanging over each ear, he says "More
government spies"
These Polish Jews should not be con-
founded with the thrifty Jews of Amer
lea. They are another class of people,
Their features, their manners, the cut
clothing are different from what one is
accustomed to see in New York. The
number of blends among them is sur
.prisingly large, They seldom travel
alone, but in companies roam the plains
of Russia and Poland, ever talking, ever
restless; watched, feared and hated;
and they in turn, ever watching, ever
hating, ond naEer afraia, yet alistrrst
ever turks in their finely chiseled faces.
The general opinion expressed by the
Russians is that while Polish Jews are
spies by nature, they have remarkable
gifts for business, and that when one of
them IS so fortunate as to get a consider
able sum of money and embark in wheat
speculations, he speedily grows rich,
gathers his clannish friends about him,
forms q colossal combination, through
which, If not prevented by oppression
or legalized conspiracy on the part of
his jealous neighbors, he in time is able
to control the business of his neighbor-
hood. It is not until one has seen these
Polish Jews, watched their strangely ex-
pressive faces, and studied their pecu-
liar character, that he appreciates that
they are direct descendants of the Jews
Of history, who for ages suffered I'M
speakable outrages. The wrongs de-
scribed by historians are plainly written
in their faces, and as they glide noise
lessly along the streets, with restless,
Jesuitical countenances, one feels suspi-
cious in spite of himself. Many of
these people are undoubtedly obnoxious.
l have seen weary woman struggle
through the crowd at a railway station
to get water for her little ones, when
priestly-looking dervish snatched the
cup from her hand and drank the water
with the manners of beast. Why these
yellow-haired wanderers always travel in
squads of three, no one explains. They
swarm the country. The cruelties of
centuries have given them ferocious,
hunted look, and made them as brutal
IS animals, yet their intellect lifts them
tbove their oppressors, who call them
spies. "-Harper's lHaga@jne..
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
Reyerses Of Fortune.

A Washington correspondent says: A
few weeks since an eX-member of Con
gress, who had not been much in Wash
IngtOn for a haif-oOzen years or more,
made his reappearance here, and it was
not long before those who knew him of
old discovered that times had sadly
changed with him. He served several
terms III Congress as the representative
of one of the largest cities of the West:
man of handsome appearance, agree
able manners, and of much more than
ordinary culture. He was a bachelor,
and a great favorite in society. His
standing in the House was such that he
was frequently called to the chair of the
presiding officer, and for q short period
served as Speaker by election of the
House. After leaving Congress he gave
up his residence in the State which he
had served, and going to New York city,
established himself III a law partnership
with an ex-member from New York and
another gentleman, who also had tasted
deeply of the pleasures OF Washington
Lie. All three of the partners were
young, able, well connected and with
scores of influential friends. Their
business for time prospered, and the
future looked very bright. But extrav-
agant ideas and convivial tendencies
proved more attractive than the plodding
cares of professional life. Business neg
lected went to pieces, the firm was broken
up, and its members drifted far out upon
the sea of broken hopes and wasted OBJ
portunities, and the one above espec;
ally alluded to was finally washed
ashore at the spot of his former glories
and trlumphs. Since his arrival he has
perforce been compelled to join the army
OF ''coionels, judges and majors" and it
Is p1table to see how soon he has learned
to request small loan and to be prompt
ly on hand when ba1room invitations
are going around.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
They Knew the Flag.

The Chicago Journal says: I once
saw young soldier who belonged to a
battery of artillery engaged in patching
the holes in his guidon Ga markers fae5
with cloth from the lining of his uni
form. When asked him why he spent
SO much time to mend that old flag, his
answer was, that as we are so far from
the base of supplies he could not get q
new one, and that when the battery
went into action with thirty-six horses
and six guns, he always stuck the pike
of the guidon into the ground where
the battery was to form, and even if the
man who rode the leading horse was
killed or disabled, and the noise of the
battle was so great that the bugle call
could not be heard, the horses would
wheel around the flag and execute the
man9uvre known as ''by left into line"
and bring the muzzles of the six cuDs
on line with the flag, and then, as Soon
as the guns We're unlimbered, he wouId
again place it about 200 PAGES to the
rear, and the horses would gallop to the
rear again with the caissons and half
again on line with it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

Two WEEKS AGO johnny Murphy, a
lad of Vincennes, Ind, disappeared, and
no trace of him could be found. Uncle
Joe Roseman thought the boy was
drowned and visited the Wabash daily.
On Saturday night he dreamed
that he stood by the river and saw rip
pie that marked where the body lay.
The dream troubled him, and he went
to that spot on the bank of the river
where he had stood in his dream, and
sure enough there was a ripple in the
shallow stream. He called q bo&tman
to row him out, and reaching below the
water grasped something, and told the
man to row to shore. He had grasped
the foot of the drowned boy. This is
said to be the fifth body mysteriously
missing that Uncle Joe has located.
HIRAM BOWMAN of Winchester, Ohio,
thought that his woodpile was diminish
ing too fast. So he took five sticks of
wood, bored holes in them, loaded each
with big charge of powder, and plug
ged the holes tightly. Then hereplacad
them on the woodpile, locked the wood
shed, and awaited developments. They
came. AS the family OF Cary Peters, a
colored neighbor of Mr.. Bowman, was
eating breakfast tremendous explosion
took place. A large cooking stove in
the kitchen was blown to atoms, and
pots, slillets, and stove lids flew in every
direction. Lizzie, the eight-year-old
child of Peters, was struck by piece of
the stove and knocked down and receiv-
ed terrible cash across her forehead.
The carpet took fire from the hot ashes
thrown from the stove, but was extin-
g11ished before any serious damage WAS
done, Peters threatenes to sue Mr..
Bowman for $40, 900 damages.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
What POmpeii Died OF.

A Rochester reporter CHANGED to be
standing beside the delivery desk of one
OF the city Libraries when a well-dressed
Indy OF thirty approached the desk
The librarian was cutting the leaves Of p
new copy of the 'Last Days OF Pom
pei, every now and then stopping to
read passage from the famous novel
The lady glanced around listlessly and
said: II would like to find somethin@
new in the way of nice reading. Moth
ing very strong, you know, sometime
light and amusing. That is nice Iooiy2o
ing book you have there. What is il ?,
at is the Last Days Of Pompeii -,
" Last Days of Pompeii,' Pompeii-
Pompeii- who was Pompeii? What dil
he die of [ never could bear tragedy ,.
81 believe he died Of an eruption
Yes, this is rather tragical," replied The
Librarian, with the faintes5 smile imarin-
able. The lady departed after secufin.
something Eight and amusing" an
without the slightest idea that she la.
furnished any amusement.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
KILLED AT THE ALTAR.
A Sad Episode During the Terrible
Siege of Charleston.
from the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atltlltu CONSTITUTIONAL
During the tumult and excitement of
the late war one of the saddest incidents
that occurred was the marriage and
death of Annie, eldest daughter of Gov.
Pickens. of South Carolina. In the
midst of the great events of the war
such tragedies were comparatively unno-
ticed, but now that time has Gained the
troubled sea of strife and contention, O
picture of that scene will be of general
interest, and will awaken a chord of
sympathy in the hearts of all who read
On April %, 1868, in Charleston, S.
c., at the residence of Gov. Pickens, q
party was assembled to witness the mar
rage ceremony of Annie Pickens to
Lieut.. LIE Rochelle.
It was a time when terror and anguish
were prevailing throughout the entire
South, and the booming of the Union
guns then roared in the harbors, but the
little number who had collected together
had determined to smile, even though
their hearts were aching and they were
trembling with terror. Beneath the soft
light of the chandelier, the clergyman
stood, with the habillments OF the church
enshrouding his venerable form. Before
him was the noble young lieutenant in
his official uniform, while beside him
leaned the beautiful and stately woman
who was to become his wife. There she
stood, regal and proud, possessing every
thing that prestige of birth, rank and
wealth could give. care you ready"
asked the minister, rnclasping his book.
eyes" said LIE Rochelle, taking the
hand of his bride. Scarcely was the an
swer uttered than there WAS an awful
crash. A shell from the enemy's guns
had penetrated the mansion, bursting in
the midst of-<-~..~s.lI a122Arlage scene and
scattering its deGsrT missiles around.
Men trembled and women screamed,
mirrors were shirered and for moment
the walls seemed to rock to and fro. In
q few moments quiet reigned, and it was
ascertained that the only fatal wound
received was in the left temple of the
waiting bride, who laid like o beautiful
crushed flower in the arms of her agon-
lied lover. Laying her on a lounge he
bent over her, and, in moan of despair,
prayed that even in death she would be-
come his wife. Her quick drawn breath
melted in sigh, as the lips smiled as
sent. There she lay, pure and white as
the cluster of camellias at her breast,
while the crimson ife-blood oozed in
heavy drops from the death wound in
her brow and coursed its stream over
the lovely cheek, maring the snowy
clouds of her bridal veil that enveloped
her. The ceremony was Of few words,
and the Eyes" was murmured in dying
whisper beneath the husbands kiss. In
moment all was over; little struggle
and she was dead.
Beneath the cool, deep shadows of the
magnolia Annie Pickens LIE Rochelle
was laid to rest, where the sad wall of
the waters sighed an eternal requiem,
while the brave young soldier went his
way, in the fire and danger of battle to
serve his country and his God. He lit
tie feared the sword or the bullet of war,
for ever at his heart there was wound
more cruel than death and lasting as
life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
ALL ABOUT WHISKEY.
1t is Being Made in The United
States at the Rate of 100000
Gallons Il Day.
From the Omaha Herald.l

The distilleries of the country are very
active just now. There are over 500 of
them now running, nearly $50 in fact,
and they are turning out intOxicants at
the rate of over 800 gallons day. They
are using over IS, 600 bushels of corn
day and over 1900 gallons of molasses
daily. This is the busy time of the year
with the distillers. During this month
and next there viii be running between
600 and 700 distilleries in the, country.
Six months from now there will be no
more than a couple of hundred of them
running, though there are l 200 of them
In the country. These $50 now at work
are the legitimate ones, that is to say,
those who pay takes and report to the
Government the business they do. Be
sides that number there are lot of them
running illegitimately, moonshining.
The fund provided for the prevention of
Illicit distilling has nearly given out,
and the distillers know it. Your average
Moonshiner is a pretty shrewd fellow,
and he manages i'll some way to keep
posted on the workings of the depart
ment. The money for the detection of
moonshiners and for breaking up their
stills ran low several weeks ago, and the
department was unable to respond to the
demands of the revenue officers formore
deputies. The distillers caught on to
the situation, and the result is that the |
moonshiners are beginning to be very
active in Kentucky, Tennessee, northern
Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina.
Georgia is making more whiskey to-
day than any other State. Her 100 dis
tilleries now running are turning out
100000 gallons Of bourbon whiskey |
daily. Six months from now there will |
not be half this number running, and |
they will only be turning out perhaps |
20, 900 gallons day. North Carolina
has the largest number of distilleries,
the number now running i'll that State |
being something over 200. Yet they do
not turn out over 1900 gallons a day,
an average of less than ten gallons |
apiece. On the other hand, Illinois,
with only eighteen distilleries, turns out
$4,000 gallons day, and does that the
year round. Illinois makes more whis- |
key than any other State in the Union.
She turns out 25, 900, 900 gallons year,
while kentucky makes but $4,000, 600 |
gallons. TIE Illinois distlleries run |
about the same all the year round, while |
the Kentucky fellows shut down n the |
summer. 1t would be more nearly COR
rect to say that Illinois makes more
spirits than any other State, for really |
very little of the article that is turned
out from the distilleries OF the State is
whiskey.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
About Diamonds.

Among all the ancients the diamond
was held as an amulet possessing wonderl
full power and immense intrinsic value.
There are three forms in which the
diamond is cut, the brilliant, the rose,
and the table. The shape of the stone
in many cases is regulated by its form
in the rough. The brilliant is the most
valuable, the rose second, and the table
last.
The only American diamond of con-
siderable size, and we'll vouched for
was found by man named Benjamin
Moore, a laborer, in the employ of Mr..
James Fisher, Jr., at Manchester, near
Richmond, Va, in the month of April,
1866. Its weight was 27.7 carats.
The old writers mention imitation of
diamonds by subjecting the sapphire,
amethyst, topaz, or chrysolite to fire, by
which the color was extracted and the
brilliancy kept. 1t is common error
that the diamond will gliSten in the
dark No more light emanates from it
than from any other stone.
districts of the East Indies, extending
from Cape Comorin to Bengal, and the
Brazilian localities. They are found in
the Ural, Russia, and upon the western
coast of Africa. Diamonds have been
found in Georgia recently and in Wiscon-
sin, so it is said In the year 1928 dia-
monds were found in Brazil, at Teiuco,
on the Rio San Francisco.
In 1791 diamond of 1873 carats was
found on the Rio de Abaite, by three
criminals who had escaped from Rio
Janeiro. Knowing it to be a diamond,
but not having any chance of disposing
of it, they consulted d priest, who adj
vised them to throw themselves upon the
mercy of the Emperor and present their
jewel. They did so and were pardoned,
his majesty pocketing the diamond
1t is only within two hundred years
that any system in the valuation of dia-
monds has been arrived at. In Europe,
until within the past hundred years, there
was no scale of value. The old manner
of valuation, thus: if diamond of
single carat was worth $40, one of two
carats was worth $3.50, one of three carats
$3.50, is exploded; as diamonds become
more plenty the quality determines the
value, that ranges from $40 to $500 per
carat.
Much depends upon the taste and skill
of the lapidary in producing finely cut,
clear stones. Having decided upon the
form he will cut the stone, he next makes
a model in lead, which model rests con-
tinually before him as a guide to his
labors. Cutting is a work of great labor
and time Of the relative value of the
cut and uncut diamond there can be no
positive certainty, though it is understood
that the finished stone is worth three
times the rough stone.
The diamond is cold to the touch and
cannot be looked through, as can all imi
tations. Before cut its coat is rough and
looks like greenish glass. Until the year
1876 the diamond was worn uncut.
Many stones, supposed to be the most
beautiful in the world, are in that state.
Holland for long period held monop
oily Of cutting, England gradu-
ally came in, and finally the United
States have turned out some very nice
work. New York and Chicago are the
headquarters for diamond-cutting.